> "For many years Israel has also been the largest recepient of
>military aid.
>It leads the 2003 appropriations with $2.2 billion. Egypt comes second with
>$1.3 billion, though some of it is now on hold for human rights violations[!].
>[Guess who] Jordan comes next, with almost $200 million [most useful for
>repressing their own population under the U.S.- Hashimite
>dictatorship - that's
>what it is!], and then Colombia [no doubt Israel will start messing
>there, as it
>did in Guatamala], with $100 million. All but Israel have to
>purchase U.S. arms
>exclusively - Israel only having to spend 75% of the aid on U.S. arms. Also
>uniquely, Israel can go straight to U.S. arms suppliers. None of
>its purchases
>are first vetted by the U.S. Department of Defense. It is as if
>Israel was part
>of the United States!" [pgs 53-54]
>
>Omygosh, call out the fallacy police! But we can see why Zionism insists on
>planting its nest of vipers within the American left.
Is that really the problem? Or is it that the American ruling class is in love with Israel for its own imperial reasons?
Doug